John Sullivan

The season has yet to start but if you are wondering about UConn's bowl bid, here goes: Mark Schlabach of ESPN has UConn vs. Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl Dec. 27; Brett McMurphy of ESPN has the Huskies vs. Mississippi State in the Birmingham Bowl Dec. 29. UConn opens Thursday night at the Rent vs. Maine. Prediction: 35-10, Huskies. ... High school football is closing in, too. CPTV Sports has a one-hour special Friday at 7 p.m. from a recently completed training camp tour of several schools. ... Ryan Lochte will be on "Dancing With The Stars" this season. He still faces charges in Rio de Janeiro as the result of filing a false police report, so we'll...

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Each week during the high school football season, beat writer Tom Yantz evaluates the top individual performances in the area and selects his Fabulous 15. The best from Week 2:
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The Rams aren’t ready.
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Jared Goff likes to run the up-tempo, no-huddle offense not only because it yields results, but also for the laughs it consistently provides the Rams’ quarterback at center John Sullivan’s expense.
“When he hears me going, ‘Hey! We’re going no-huddle,...

Ted Rath paces with unbridled energy as Rams players file out of the locker room and line up on the goal line and at the back of the end zone.
Rath, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, checks his watch and blows his whistle.
“All right. Let’s...

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Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth stood at his locker as reporters approached him, one after another.
When there were no reporters left, a public relations official handed Whitworth a phone. On the other end of the line, another reporter.
And finally,...

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